Mom / Dad-mobiles, Kid-transporters

A bit more progress on the dad bike.

Front wheel has a broken nipple so getting that sorted at Clever Mike today along with kickstand and mudguards fitted.

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Still need the mudguards

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My esteemed colleague @amey advised me that was an NDS fail

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This is what my Dr Dew dreams of becoming when growing up!

Top dad bike.

NDS fail

Good for IG. though. People will comment, it'll boost the algorithm.

cross posting from AQA thread...looking for suggestions and recommendations for a front rack for a 27.5 front suspension fork MTB for panniers on parentmobile

Both sides look pretty fucking great to me ! Nice job

Thanks!

Old man mountain, pricey though

hey thanks, yeah with the exchange rate it's not feasible, but I think the Topeak Tetrarack M1 might do the job

Budget dadbike about to come true.

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i've been happily carrying my lad around on a weeride for 2.5 years, but he's at the upper limit of that now. looking at front-loading, front-facing options for 3 years+ kids, and i'm not seeing much past the omnium cargo and bullitt. which also happen to be piss-evaporatingly expensive

anything i'm missing?

i don't want an electric bike.

Babboe seem to be a bit more affordable... but still a chunk of change.
https://www.babboe.co.uk/cargo-bikes/city

Yes there's a place in Manchester that sells them, which someone recommended to my wife (the place, not necessarily the brand).

They only seem.to have the e-version in stock at £2.5k(!)

Douze V2, WORKCYCLES Kr8, Pedal Power- Long Harry are a couple of two wheeled cargo bikes.
All without electric assistance. Have no experience with any of them, my wife and I share a Bullitt.

There’s the mtb seats where they sit about the top tube but he might be a bit young for that?

thanks for the additional tips!

does anyone know of an off-the-peg front-facing seat for the Omnium Cargo or any other platform-based cargo bike? I'm not sure on safety, but I really don't want him rear-facing because that defeats the point of having him on the front, IMO.

Douze V2, WORKCYCLES Kr8, Pedal Power- Long Harry are a couple of two wheeled cargo bikes

I have a Pedal Power Long Harry. This is very similar in layout and function to a Bullitt. It’s a good bike, rides well and you can really load it up. The disadvantage is the lack of accessories - there is simply nothing available off the shelf to turn it into a kiddie carrier and you’ll have to make it yourself.

The Workcycles KR8 is the other way round. It’s a proper family bike and specifically designed to be carrying a front box with seats, canopy etc and it’s happy to live outside in all weather. Probably has the best of the family accessories out of all the bikes. But you can’t strap 120kg of junk to the front of the KR8. I see a couple of them near where I work ridden by mums doing shopping and with kids in them - I think that probably translates into it’s an easy bike to ride and not too heavy.

Thanks for this. I'm just going through my options. I actually happen to have a tonne of phenolic ply in my garage (true story).

Man, the Omnium looks coolest but might be the worst child-carrying option out there...

I have a Pedal Power Long Harry. This is very similar in layout and function to a Bullitt. It’s a good bike, rides well and you can really load it up. The disadvantage is the lack of accessories - there is simply nothing available off the shelf to turn it into a kiddie carrier and you’ll have to make it yourself.

Do you have any pics of the mods you've done to fit a child seat?

I’ve done it a couple of ways. First was with the Isofix seat ratchet strapped to the frame. Second was just a Hamax Siesta facing backwards, mounted on the steerer tube instead of on the back. That was quite fun but I think he’s too big to do that now. Finally it’s my grand plan to make a generous size ply box with ally construction kit frame and adjustable seat with belts that I still haven’t built.

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Very cool, thanks. My inclination is to build a simple ply box with a stepped seat like you get on the bakfiets bikes. I'm not sure you can make that work on an omnium tho, which would be my preferred bike... Platform is too high

If you want to use a car seat, I found the Isofix bases made them tricky to fit. I tried a couple of them and measured up quite a few in the shops. Main problem they all had was the bases were heavy and the leg got in the way. That square hole in my base was where I tried to make a location point for one of the bases where the leg would go through but it didn’t work well. If I just used the seat, either the angle was all wrong because it was for rear-facing in the car or the bottom was curved so it wouldn’t easily stay put. As much as it looked like it should work I couldn’t quite get it to do it in a way where it was convenient to get on and off.

It looks much easier with a front-facing seat with a flat bottom and some kind of tilt. I have a Joie Stages in the car which does this and it secures with the seatbelt. It sits at the correct angle on a level surface and would be ideal for strapping to a board or flat frame.